Passenger-car roof.



V. `WILLOUGHBY. PASSENGER CAR ROOF. APPLlcAloN FILED mAY8.1916.

' 'Patented May 1, 1917.

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' of castings and cast braces which frequently are-located at the feet of the deck posts.

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VICTOR WILLOUGI-IBY, OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PASSENGER-CAR ROOF.

Patented May 1, 1917.

. of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use vthe same, reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, as it is obvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilled in the art.

In said drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section through the side portion of a car and shows the lower portion of the lower deck carline and its associated parts;

Fig. 1a is a continuation of the section shown in Fig. l, disclosing the remainder of the lower deck carline and a portion of the upper deck carline, together with a com plementary structure.

y Fig. 2 is a section longitudinally of the car and through the upper carline, some of the intermediate structure being broken out, and is taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. la;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the deck windows and is taken on line 3 3 of Fig.' la; and

Fig. 44; is a-longitudinal section through the lower deck of the car, being taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

i multiplicity of connections results adding The present invention relates to passenger f car roofs and one of its purposes is the elimination of deck posts which are in the form When deck post castings and braces for the same are assembled in fixed relation with each other, and are mounted upon'and con- -nected to the ends of lower deck carlines,

considerable riveting is necessary in combining these elements. When they deck post and brace castings, together with the supporting ends of the lower deck carlines, are further combined with a deck girder, a

to the cost of construction, both as to the expense of labor and in respect to the greatly increased amount of rivets employed. Also, the aggregated joints are a source of comparative weakness.

'It is the purpose of the present invention to produce a structure in which the number of parts is reduced to the minimum, and wherein but relatively few joints are required, especially in the principal sustaining members of the structure.

Another purpose is to produce a one piece window frame as a substitute for a pluralpart frame of this kind, thereby saving the connections necessary in a plural-part structure and the expenses of mitering and other details incident to the construction of Such plural-part window frames.

A further object is to so form the lower deck carlines that they not only function as such, but' act as stiffeners for the deck girder and serve as deck posts. The form of the lower deck carlines is such that the lower deck roof sheets do not extend so far inwardly as they do in some cars now in service. A/considerable saving is therefore effected in the material of these roof sheets.

`ing been caused by the leakage or seeping of water under the castings, resulting 1n ferrous disintegration. By reason of the elimination of these castings, joints may be welded without consideration of any other part and water-tight qualities therefore secured. g

Improvement inthe upper deck pier panels has also been obtained by the increased simplicity of these parts and in the' absence of rivets often associated with the structure of upper deck pier panels there are none which require the special flattening of their heads as is frequently the case.

-of side plate 2 and allower deck eaves molding pressing 4 lies against the outer surface of the letter board and extends longitudinally of the car. Each lower deck carline 5 is in general ofvinverted U-shaped cross section and is provided on its underside with outstanding flanges 6 projecting from the sides of the carline. Lower deck eaves molding 4 is of U-shaped cross section, the closed .portion of the U being that which lies against the letter board 3 and the open side of the U being provided with oppositely extending flanges, the lower flange projecting below the body of the U and the upper flange extending thereabove and being curved in accordance with the contour of the lower deck roof sheets 7. At its lower end the closed portion of the U-shaped lower deck carline is crimped and caused to lie against the inner face of the upwardly extending flange of lower deck eaves molding 4, and each of the lower deck carline flanges 6 is riveted to the` upstanding flange of the Z-shaped side plate 2. Proceeding upwardly and inwardly, lower deck carline 5 extends toward the center of the car with an easy curvature until it has passed inwardly of,

the upper deck eaves molding 8 but at an appropriate distance therebelow. Thereafter lower deck carline 5 is rather abruptly directed upwardly and extends almost to the underside of the outer end portion of upper deck carline 9. The upright or vertical p-ortion of lower deck carline 5 has theclosed end Aof its U-shaped section directed outwardly and lying thereagainst is a deck girder which is stiffened by the upper ends of said lower deck carline 5', said upper portions of lower deck carlines 5 serving also as deck posts. Said deck girder comprises a plate 10 of inverted J-shaped cross section and a lower flange 11 in the form of a press'- ing which has a cross section that substantially parallels the closed outer side of' lower deck carline 5 and is riveted thereto at 12. The upper end of bottom flange 11 of the deck girder is also riveted to the bottom of the J-shaped plate 10 of the girder at 19. As seen in Fig. 3, the deck girder is not continuous, the adjacent ends of adjoining plates 10 lying against the closed face of the lower deck carline 5 and being lapped by a splice plate 14. Rivets 15 pass through said to be coextensive therewith.

splice plate 14, inverted J-shaped plates 10, and the web or closed side of lowerdeck carline 5. Referring to Fig. l, the splice plate 14 is in the same plane as the upstanding flange of' deck girder bottom flange 11, abuts the upper' edge thereof and extends upwardly along the outer face of deck girder plate 10 and at its upper end is bent parallel the J-forming portion of said plate l0, and Deck girder plates 10 have openings through which are inserted pan-like window frame pressings 16. The cross section of each side of win dow frame 16 is substantially Z-shaped and said sides converge as they extend inwardly, tapering the side portions of the window frame. As shown in the drawings, the panlike window frames 16 may be one piece pressings thereby eliminating the necessity for fitting andmitering the window frame elements, as would otherwise be necessary. The outer and inner flanges of the window frame 16 are shown as being continuous and circuit-forming and the upper horizontally disposed portion of the outer flange lies against the outer face of the upper portion of the deck girder plate l0 and is secured thereto by rivets 17 slightly below the -point where said deck girder plate 10 bends to have a horizontal disposition. Theupright or vertical portions of the lower deck carlines 5 have their web portions lying againstl the inner face of deck girder plates l0 as clearly seen in Figs. 1a and 3. Upper rivets 18 pass through the web of lower deck carline 5, the upper portion of deck girder plate 10 and the upper portion of the splice plate 14 between adjacent wind-ow frames 16. Other rivets 19 pass through the lower portion of the outer flange of the window frame 16, the upstanding leg of the bottom girder flange 11 and the lower edge portion of deck girder plate 10. Rivets 17 and 19 securely attach the window frame in place and said frame is adapted to receive a deck window sash 20 which is retained in place by screws 2l passing` through the inner flange of window frame 16 and into sash 20, said sash retaining a glass or other panel Q2. It is to be noted that the bottom horizontally disposed portion of the outer flange of window frame 16 is crimped so as to lie againstthe outer face of the upstanding leg of the deck girder bottom flange 1l in such manner as to shed water onto the lowe portion of said deck girder bottom flange. vThe lower deck roof sheets 7 have their inner edges welded to the upper surface of theapproxi- `mately horizontally disposed leg of deck girder bott-om flange 11 so as to produce a water-tight seam longitudinally of the car. The outer ends of upper deck carlines 9 rest upon the upper horizontally disposed portions of the -inverted J-shaped deck girder plates 10, are secured thereto by rivets 23.

which pass through the horizontal portion of deck girder plate and the bottom` flanges 25 of upper carline 9. Where the splice plate 14 underlies the carline-supporting portion of the ldeck girder plate, rivets 24 pass through said splice plate 14, deck girder 10 and bottom flanges 25 of the upper U-shaped deck carlines 9. Upper deck car- .lines 9 are preferably arcuate and extend across the car, from the deck girder on one,

lside to that on the other, only one side, however, having been illustrated, the other i being a substantial duplicate of what is car and has an upper inwardly directedv vflange lying against the under sides of the bottom flanges 25 ofy each of the upper deck carlines 9 and is secured to said flanges 25 by rivets 27. Said furring and carline conn nection 26 also has a depending vertical leg which is secured to the upper` ends of the flanges 6 of the lower deck carlinesv 5 by r1vets 28, thereby making a connection with said lower deckvcarlines 5 and upper deck carlines 9 intermediate the terminals of the latter. The Aupper flange of each upper deck furring support and carline connection member 26 at opposite sides of the car are adapted to support furring strips 29 which are secured thereto by screws. The vertical leg of said furring support and Vcarline connection angle 26 has longitudinally disposed furrings 31 connected thereto by bolts 32. Said furring strips 31 are disposed slightly above the upper web portion of the window frame 16, and below the lower web portion of window frame 16 is another furring strip 33 parallel with furring strip 31. A window nish frame is disposed between the upper furring strip 31 and the lower furring strip 33 and at each window frame comprises a deck sash header 34 which is longitudinally ydisposed and lies against the underside of upper furring strip 31, a deck sash. sill 57 lying upon the upper `surface of deck sill furring 33 and vertically disposed pier panel finishing strips 35. This much of the window framing is arranged to form rectangular frames or panels opposite each window frame 16, Between adjacent rectangular frames of the window finish framing,is an upper deck pier panel comprising a plurality of upright boards 36, an inside metallic sheathing 37 overlying the same and vertically dis posed retaining or molding strips 38. Upright boards 36 of the upper deck pier panel are separated from each other by a vertical space therebetween, and said boards liebetween the vertically disposed portions of the flanges 6 of the lower deck carlines and the inside sheathing 37 of said pier panel. Due to the vertical space between boards 36, shrinkage of the wooden portions of the construction will not in any way distort the window finish framing.

As may be noted in Fig. la, the upper edge of the inside Asheathing of the pier panels is secured by screws to the upper longitudinal furring 31. The upper deck of the roof is provided with an inside or head lining 39 which extends across the ceiling of the car so as to partly lap the upper flange of each upper deck furring support and carline connection 26 on its underside. The head lining 39 is secured to the furring 29 at each side of the car by screws 40. Upper deck carlines 9 contain fillers 41 having the same curvature as the carlines themselves and which extend across the car so as to partially lap the furring strips 29. Said upper deck carlines 9 have inclined sides and said fillers 41 have corresponding inclined sides and have an internal wedge-like nlit within the U-shaped portion of said upper deck carlines 9, but preferably do not extend to the web portions of said carlines 9.

This construction is shown in Fig.' 2 wherein it is seen that said upper deck carline fillers 41 project slightly below the bottom flanges 25 of upper deck carlines 9. Said upper deck carline fillers 41 are secured to the upper deck carlines 9 by horizontally arranged screws 42 which pass through the sides of carlines 9 and into said carline fillers 41. Screws 42 are spaced conveniently longitudinally of the carlines 9 in such manner as to give adequate support to the fillers 41. Head lining 39 is conveniently divided into sheets arranged longitudinally of the roof, the upper surfaces of said sheets bearing against the under faces of the upper deck carline fillers 41. `Said sheets are arranged so` that they have abutting edges transversely of the car, these edges prefer-v ably meeting at the centerof the iillers 41 of some of the upper deck carlines 9. Where said head lining sheets 39 so meet, a splice molding 43 overlaps contiguous edges and is retained in place byy screws 44 which pass -through 'said splice molding and into the upper deck carline fillers 41, as clearly `Shown in Fig. 2.

At each side of the car the upper longi tudinal furrings 3l and thev longitudinal edges of the head lining sheets 39 are covered by a longitudinally disposed inside deck cornice molding 45. The lower portion of i said molding is secured to said upper furring 31 by screws 46 and to said furring 29 by screws 47.

The upper deck eaves molding 8 is formed by downturned flanges of upper deck4 roof sheets 48, deck girder plate 10 and splice plate`l4, rivets 49 connecting the upper deck roof sheets 48 and deck plate 10 where the splice plate 14 is not present, and rivets 50 making a similar connection where it is. .aid upper deck molding also forms a water (trip.

fillers 51 similar to upper deck carline fillers 4l, but which at their outer ends have downwardly extending portions 52 which rest upon the upper surface of the lower deck head lining and frieze support furring 53. The lower deck carline fillers 51 are secured to said carlines by screws 54 in the same manner that upper deck carline fillers 41 are secured to the upper deck carlines. The lower deck carline fillers 5l curve upwardly and inwardly and upon reaching the upturning part of said lower deck carlines 5, project out of the same so as to support a furring which extends longitudinally of the car and which has the upper portion of its outer face in contact with the inner face of said lower furring strip 33, said furring strips and 33 being connected by bolts 56 passing through both of them and through the flanges 6 of the lower deck carlines 5.

With its outer upper edge sandwiched between the underside of the upper deck sash sill 57 and the upper face of furring 55, is a deck sill molding 58 which has suitable configuration and extends downwardly and below reduced ends of lower carline fillers 5l. From the underside of deck sill molding 58,

a sub-deck sill molding 59 extends so as to complete the housing of the inner ends of lower deck carline fillers 51l and a longitudinally disposed furring 60 which is secured by screws to said lower deck carline fillers.

Lower deck lining 61 has its inner edges secured by screws 62 to furring 60, said screws also securing said subdeck sill molding to said lower head lining 61. Lower head lining 61 is similar to ceiling head lining 39, is arranged in a like manner, and has its joints covered by a splice molding 63, as shown in Figs. 1, 1' and 4. l

Lower f .ead lining 61 and splice molding 63 extend v'to the inner face of furring 53 which is adjacent the side plate at each side of vthe car and is securedthereto by screws or any other suitable manner.

As to be noted in Fig. 1, said lower deck head furring 5.3 is secured to a filler 64 inside each side post 1 by a screw 65. A frieze sheet 66 has its upper edge lying against the 4lower portion of the inner face of lower deck head lining and frieze support furring 53 and a molding-retaining strip 67 lies against the inner face of said frieze sheet near the upper edge thereof, said molding retaining strip and the upper edge of said frieze sheet being secured to urring 53 by screws 68.

Lower deck carlinles 5 are provided with `wardly bent socket-forming edge of retaining strip 67 before the upper flange of said molding 69 is fastened in place by screws 70. By the slipping of the lower flange of molding 69 into the socket formed by the frieze sheet 66 and retaining strip 67, and thereafter securing the upper flange of molding 69 by screws 70, the same will be rigidly retained in place.

lVhat I claim is:

1. In combination in a car roof, side plates, lower deck cai-lines, upper deck carlines and a deck girder, said lower deck carlines being secured to said side plates and having deck post portions stiffeningsaid girder.

2. ln combination. in a car roof', a side plate having an upstanding flange, an eaves member -supported from and extending away from the outer side of said side plate, a lower deck carline secured to said flange and member and having ay deck post exten- Sion, and an upper deck carline connected with said extension.

3. In combinationin a railway car, a side post having an upward extension, a side plate connected to the body portion of said SLI and being connected to said carline and side v post extension.

5. In combination in a railway car, a side l post, an external side sheathing, an eaves, strip lapping and projecting above the same, a carline lapping an upright portion of said post and eaves strip, and an angular-ly formed side plate, the enumerated elements except said plate being arranged to form a space approximating the sectional shape of said side plate, and the latter extending through said space.

6. In combination in a railway car, a side post having a flanged portion extending above its main portion and an outer vertical face in the latter portion, external sheathing spaced from said face, a carline provided with flanges spaced from and lapping the yio tending flanged post portion.

7. In combination in a railway car, a

vside post having a flanged portion -extend ing above its main portion and an outer face portion in said main portion,- and a Z- shaped side plate provided with flanges connected, respectively, to said extending flange and outer face post portions.

8. In combination in a railway car, a side post, a side plate provided with a flange, lapping the side post, outside sheathing lying against said flange, an eaves strip extending along the upper portion of said sheathing, and means suitably connecting the aforesaid elements, said strip being flanged for the attachment thereto of roof sheets. i

9. In combination in a car roof, a side plate, a carline, roof sheets and an eaves strip of Ushaped cross section provided with upwardly and downwardly extending flanges, means securing said roo-f sheets to said ilanges and said carline to the upwardly extending flange, and means connecting the webof said strip to said side plate.

10. In combination in a. car roof, a side plate having an upstanding flange, a carline of inverted U-shaped cross section and provided with lateral flanges connected to said side plate llange, a filler in said carline projecting from the inner side thereof and bearing against the opposite yside of said.

plate flange, and an interior car lining secured to said filler.

11. In combination in a railway car, a side post, a horizontal furring strip supported near the upper inner side thereof, a side plate connected to said side post and having an upstanding flange, a carline of inverted Ueshaped section and provided with lateral flanges secured toy said side plate flange, a filler in said carline projecting from the inner side thereof and resting on said furring, and an interior car lining secured te said filler.

12. In combination in a car roof, a furring strip extending longitudinally of the roof, carlines extending transversely of said strip and each having an inverted lll-shaped section and being provided with lateral flanges, a supporting-structure to which said flanges are connected, fillers in said carlines projecting from the inner sides thereof, means connecting said fillers with said carlines, and car interior lining secured to said furring and fillers.

13. In combination in a car roof, successively arranged carlines of inverted U- shaped section, each having reversely inclined sides, wedge-like llers partially extending into said carlines, means passing f through said sides of said carlines and retaining said fillers thereto, and car interior lining sheets lying against saidfillers and having adjacent edges meeting on some of said fillers, splice strips or battens lapping such adjacent edges, and means securing the latter and said strips or battens to the fillers.

14. In combination in a car roof, a carline having spaced sides and extending inwardly from a car side, a filler inserted between said carline sides and extending therewith for the major portion thereof, said carlines being so formed that the inner end of said filler converges from said carline and forms a support for interior car construction, and means uniting said filler and carline.

15. In combination in a railway car, a side post, a side plate supported thereby, an inverted U-shaped lower deck carline connected with said side plate and extending inwardly therefrom, a horizontally disposed furring strip supported near said sideV plate, a carline filler resting upcn said furrin'g strip, extending into and with said carline and being connected therewith, said carline casing to extend with said carline filler so that the inner end of said filler projects from said carline, another furring strip secured to said projecting filler end and-interior car lining secured to both furring strips and reinforced by said ller.

16. In combination in a railway car, a side plate, a horizontally disposed furring strip supported near said side plate, inside sheathing lapping said furring strip, a retaining strip secured to said sheathing and forming a socket therewith, a head lining also secured to said furring strip and a molding strip having an edge inserted into said socket and another portion secured to said head lining.

17. In combination in a railway car, a horizontally disposed furring strip, an inside sheet lapping the same, a retaining strip arranged near the upper edge of said sheet and forming a socket therewith, securing means passing through said retaining strip and sheet and penetrating said furring strip, a head lining lapping and secured te said furring, a molding strip extending into said socket and lapping said head lining, and means securing the inold ing strip to said head lining and penetrating said furring strip.

18. In combination in a car roof, a side plate, aneaves molding provided with an upwardly directed arcuate flange, a lower deck carline secured to said side plate and arcuate flange and providedwith a curved web portion arranged to act as an extension of said Hange, a deck girder having a lower flange secured to said carline web portion,- and a roofl sheet secured to said girder lll) lower flange, carline web portion and eaves molding flange.

19. ln combination in a car roof, a side plate, a lower deck carline supported therefrom and extending inwardly and having `an upward channel shaped deck post eXtenl'sion, and a deck girder having portions sean upward deck post extension, a deck girder having portions secured to said lower deck carline and being stiened by the deck post extension thereof, said girder having an upper flange and an upper deck carline supported by said flange.

2l. 1n combination in a car roof, a suitably supported lower deck carline formed to have an upstanding deck post portion, a deck girder comprising an inverted J-shap'ed upper plate portion and a lower flange, the latter being connected to said lower deck carline, said girder being stilfened bythe deck post portion of the latter, an upper deck carline connected to an upper outwardly directed portion of said shaped girder plate, and an upper deck roof sheet connected to said upper deck carline and a downturned edge portion of said J-shaped girder plate.

22. ln a car roof, a deck girder comprising an inverted J-shaped plate and a lower flange in rigid relation to said plate,. and an upper deck carline extending over a laterally projecting portion of said J-shaped plate to receive support therefrom.

28. ln combination in a car roof, a lower deck carline having an upstanding deck post portion, a deck girder comprising successively and longitudinally arranged inverted il-shaped plates, a lower flange plate and an upright splice plate lapping adjoining edges of said J-shaped plates, and means uniting the foregoing elements, said carline deck post portions lying inside of said deck girder.

24. In combination in a ear roof, a lower deck carline continuing uninterruptedly to form an upstanding deck post portion, a deck girder comprising a plurality of inverted J-shaped plates having abutting edges, a lower flange plate secured to said J-sha'ped plates, and an inverted Jshaped splice plate lapping adjoining edges of the first mentioned J-shaped plates and paralleling the latter, and means uniting the parts.

25. In combination in a car roof, a lower deck carline having an upstanding deck post portion, a deck girder secured thereto and stiffened thereby and comprising apertured girder plates and lower flange members, window frames each projected into oneof said girder plates and having an outer flange lapping the border of the aperture therein, and means securing said flange to said girder plate, said deck post portion being interposed between adjacent window frames interiorly of said deck girder.

26. In combination in a car roof, an integrally formed lower deck carline and deck post, a deck girder secured theretoi and stiffened thereby and provided with apertures on opposite sides of said deck post, a single-member window frame provided with an outer flange lapping the border of one of said girder apertures and projecting inwardly'and having an inner flange and a window sash secured to the latter flange.

27. In combination in a car roof, an integrally formed lower deck carline and deck post of lll-shaped cross section and provided with lateral flanges, a deck girder secured thereto and stiffened by said deck post por tion and provided with openings on opposite sides of the latter, window frames registering with said openings, and interior window-finish framing comprising a header, a sill and upright members forming window-outlining frames and a pier panel between contiguous outlining frames and bearing against said lateral flanges.

28. In combination in a car roof, a deck post of lU-shaped cross section and provided with lateral flanges, a deck girder stiffened by said post and provided with openings on opposite sides of said post, window frames each registering with one of said openings and provided withv an inner perimetrical flange, and interior window-finish framing comprising a header strip, a sill strip and upright pier panel strips forming an outlining frame for each window frame lapping the inner flange of the latter frame, and pier panel members between said outlining frames engaging the post lateral flanges and reinforced by said post.

29. In combination in a car roof, a lower deck carline of inverted U-shaped section upturned in its inner portion to form a deck post, a deck girder stiffened by the latter, a filler embraced by and secured to said carline, the upturning of said carline inner end causing the inner end of said filler to project therefrom, a furring strip alliXed to said projecting filler end, a lower finish-framing furring strip retained be- !tween said first mentioned furring strip and lower deck carline, an upper deck carline, a connection member joining the same and said upturned portion of said lower deck carline portion, an upper finish-framing furring strip attached to said connection member, anda window-finish framing retained between said finish-framing strips.

30. In combination in a car roof, a side plate, a lower deck carline supported thereby and having an upturned deck post portion, an upper deck carline and an angular connection member joining said lower deck carline post portion andsaid upper deck carline.

31. In combination in a car roof, a flanged lower deck carline having an upturned deck post portion, a deck girder connected to and stiHened by the latter and having an outwardly directed upper flange, an upper deck carline connected to the upper flange of said deck girder, and an angular connection member joining said upper deck carline to the flanged portion of the deck post portion of said lower carline.

3Q. ln combination in a car-roof, a lower deck carline and an upper deck carline each having an inverted lJ-shaped cross section and oppositely directed lateral flanges, said lower deck carline having an upturned deck post portion, and a deck girder provided with upper and lowerl flanges, the latter being secured to the web portion of said lower deck carline and the former acting as a support for said upper deck carline and be ing connected to th-e lateral flanges thereof.

33. ln combination in a car roof, a lower deck carline and an upper deck carline each having an inverted U-shaped cross section and oppositely directed lateral flanges, said lowerdeck carline having an upturned deck post. portion, a deck girder provided with upper and lower flanges, the latter being secured to the web portion of said lower deck carline and the former acting as a support for said upper deck carline and being connected to the lateral flanges thereof, and an angular connection strip secured to the flanges of said upper and lower deck carlines.

34. ln combination in a car roof, a lower deck carline and an upper deck carline each having an inverted U-.shaped cross section and oppositely directed lateral flanges, said lower deck carline having an upturned deck .post portion, a deck girder provided with upper and lower flanges, the latter being securedto the web portion of said lower deck carline and the former projecting outwardly to act as a support for said upper deck carline and being connected to the lateral flanges thereof and being provided with a downturned drip edge, and roof sheets secured to said upper deck carline and drip edge.

35. ln combination in a car' roof, lower and upper deck carlines each having an inverted U-shaped cross section and oppositely directed lateral flanges, said lower deck carline having an upturned deck post portion, a deck girder provided with upper and lower anges and comprising successively arranged sections, the lower liange being secured to the web portion of said lower deck carline, and the upper flange projecting outwardly to support said upper deck carline and being connected to the lateral flanges thereof, and a suitably secured splice plate lapping contiguous edges of adjoining deck girder sections and paralleling the deck girder web and upper flange.

36. ln combination in a car roof, lower and upper deck carlines, a connection strip uniting said carlines, interior finish extending below said strip, upper and lower furring strips carried by said connection strip, a filler paralleling the upper deck carline, car interior lining sheets having edges substantially meeting within the bottom face of said filler 'and secured to said upper furring strip, splice molding lapping adjoining edges of said lining sheets and secured to said filler, and a longitudinally extending cornice molding between said interior finish and lining sheets and secured to said upper and lower furring strips.

37. ln combination in a car roof, a lower deck carline, a filler inserted therein, said carline being so fashioned that said filler has a portion projecting therefrom, furring supported from different points of said projecting filler portion, molding supported from the furring supported from one point of said filler, and additional molding extending from the first mentioned molding to the furring supported from another point of said filler and supported from the last mentioned furring.

38. ln combination in a car roof, a lower deck carline having an upturned inner end portion, a filler inserted in said carline and projecting therefrom near said upturned end portion thereof, furring supported by said filler near the emergence thereof from said carline, upwardly extending furring supported from said projecting filler end, means securing the latter furring to s aid upturned carline end, molding extending downwardly over said upstanding furring and to the first mentioned furring, and means connecting the molding and said first mentioned furring.

ln witness whereof l have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses.

' VlCTOR' WLLOUGHBY.

Witnesses:

THEODORE E. LYoNs, ALLEN W. CLARKE. 

